TagBall: America's Favorite New Game

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TagBall: A Safe Alternative To Paintball

Unfortunately, due to television and computer games, children don't play outside as much as their parents did. When children get their life experiences through television and or computers, they're only using their sense of hearing and sense of sight. This can affect their perceptual abilities, as they get older. It's imperative that children play. This helps them adapt to real world situations. However, TV and video games merely rob our children of their free time. It deprives them of the elements.

The media plays a major role in what we, as parents, do with our children. We instead worry about too much sunlight, bugs, and the second bath.

It's unfortunate but most children don't get the eight to ten hours per week of exercise recommended by child fitness experts. Healthy outdoor activities are said to help many children with symptoms of ADHD, depression, and to sleep better at night. Exercise helps to develop a child's body and brain.

There is a unique and exciting new game being played by children all over America. it's called TagBall. It can be played by teams in a league or by a group of kids in the backyard. TagBall is a combination of two popular games; Capture the Flag and Darts.TagBall can be adapted to most favorite games like football, baseball, paintball, soccer, tennis, softball, king of the hill or any other game. Kids can even make up games on the fly. After all, children make up games to play outside all the time! This type of unstructured play allows our kids to develop their own styles of play and enhances their creativity and imagination. Encourage your child to go outside to play regularly in a safe or supervised area.

You make up the rules, team sizes, time limits and size of the playing field.TagBallis the ultimate non-violent alternative to flag and touch football Same rules, no pain!

Keep Your Children Active AND Outside 

yet safe from getting hurt?

One of the best things about summer vacation for kids is they get to hang out with friends more (and can help around the house). One of the worst things about summer vacation are the words, "Mom I'm borrrrreeeedddd!" But what if there were a way to hush those words as quickly as they are spoken?

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TagBall In The News 

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TagBall... You're It!  

TagBall will improve your performance in the other sports you play. The game is an organized and fast-paced sport that promotes team building and excitement with the same type of adrenalin rush as football and/or paintball.

TagBall can be played indoors or outdoors, by anyone over 5 years old. It can be played by a single player to a 2-3 man team with expansion into leagues if their are enough players.

It is ideal for individuals, boys' and girls' clubs, Y's, recreation departments, school physical education and intramural programs.

What IS TagBall?? 

Think of TagBall as a "painless" paintball or football game.

It's composed of different shaped, fairly soft projectiles, (round or square) that have a felt-like material cover. When the projectiles are thrown they stick to the felt like vest that is worn by the opposing players. The vest has two Bull's Eye targets printed on the front and the back. To play TagBall, you


TagBall is not only an action packed game for kids, it's truly fun for adults and best yet, inexpensive



TagBall stick to the TagBall Vests when thrown


Then of course you need the TagBall Ball.


The wrist holders store extra balls while in play


And safety goggles are a must


In a team play situation each team has similar colored vests, and wear different colored arm bands or hats to define each team. The projectiles are thrown at the competing player or team (eye wear is included) and depending upon the rules of whatever game being played they are eliminated or counted as a score.

Almost any rules can be applied to TagBall. TagBall is just "pure fun and
excitement."

TagBall is a safe alternative to paint ball 

plus, you'll get a lot of exercise!

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Examples Of Games That Can Be Played With TagBall 

Tag: One person is "it" and has all of the balls. That person will then try to get out as many people as possible by sticking them with the TagBall.

Teams based on colors: Each team tries to eliminate players on the opposing team by sticking them with the TagBall. The team with players remaining is the winner.

Total elimination: No teams, it is every person for themselves. Once a person is stuck with a TagBall they are out. The last person remaining is the winner.

TagBall Flag Football: Instead of taking a flag the the opposing team attaches the ball to the vest to the runner.

Dodge Ball: Players will determine the size of the playing field. Two players will play on the end with the remaining players in the center. The players on the end will try to stick the players in the center with the TagBall. A person is out when they are stuck.

Have a snowball fight year round.

These are only a few games that can be played.

How many games can you make up? Remember never throw the TagBall at any part of the head!

TagBall can be played indoors 

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Phillip Bell, Jr. The Inventor of TagBall 



After graduating from high school Phillip attended Howard University and Cheyney State College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Bowie State University. Phillip went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in African American Studies from Vermont College. Out of his love of sports and compassion for children, Phillip was compelled to establish Bell/Metropolitan Educational Achievement Club. His organization has helped many children, that would have otherwise fallen through the cracks, to become productive members of society. In the same spirit of the many great men and women before him, Phillip continues to strive toward excellence in his accomplishments in his business and personal endeavors. His greatest desire is to leave a legacy that will inspire, to even greater achievements, those he will leave behind.

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